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A Lasix-Free Triple Crown starting with the 2021 Kentucky Derby: Part Two

POSTED: April 28, 2021

Do all horses bleed? Does Lasix enhance performance?  The severity by which horses bleed is graded from zero to four. At zero, an endoscopic examination...

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A Lasix-Free Triple Crown starting with the 2021 Kentucky Derby: Part One

POSTED: April 27, 2021

When you look at the Kentucky Derby program this year you won’t see any “L’s” in the column marked M/E for medication and equipment—the medication...

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The Business of Racing- Phoenix Thoroughbreds: Their World Gets Smaller

POSTED: April 23, 2021

This past week, the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria became the latest racing jurisdictions to impose sanctions on Phoenix Thoroughbreds, freezing Phoenix’s...

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Trainer Jamie Richards breaks New Zealand record as Avantage takes her ninth Group 1

POSTED: April 22, 2021

Avantage won the ninth Group 1 race of her illustrious career to date with a victory at Te Rapa, New Zealand. The Jamie Richards-trained 5-year-old...

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Chris Waller Group 1 double at Royal Randwick

POSTED: April 22, 2021

Chris Waller claimed a major Group 1 double on Day 2 of The Championships at Randwick with Hungry Heart and Selino. Hungry Heart, a daughter...

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Efforia remains unbeaten after Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) win

POSTED: April 20, 2021

Second favourite Efforia took an impressive three-length win in the 81st Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2,000 Guineas) at Nakayama on Sunday. The son of Shadai Stallion...

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Coolmore, Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore dominate at The Curragh

POSTED: April 20, 2021

The all-powerful Coolmore, Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore dominated racing at The Curragh, Ireland, on Sunday, with the team completing a four-timer. The day’s feature...

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New book "Roll Cyrus Roll: The Adventures of Cyrus the Colt" sells out of first printing

POSTED: April 18, 2021

With one Tweet, he became a social media superstar not for what he did but for what he didn’t do. Cyrus, a yearling Thoroughbred colt,...

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Addeybb defeats Verry Elleegant to win consecutive Queen Elizabeth Stakes

POSTED: April 17, 2021

The Northern Hemisphere raider Addeybb won his second AUD$4m (US$3.095m) Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at The Championships at Royal Randwick in Sydney as he out...

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